Improvement in paper-piles



tbdml @anni ANSON RSTEEHENS, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOE TO HIMSELE AND BENJAMIN E. STEPHENS, OE SAME PLACE.

Letters atent No. 87,598, dated M11/rch 9,. 1869.

-- IMPRovEMENT PAPER-FILES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o! the same To all whom 'it 'ma/y conce/rn Be it known that I, Anson P. STEPHENS, of the city of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented and made a'certain new and useful Improvement in Paper-Files; and I do 4hereby declare the following'to .be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part ofthis specication, wherein- `Figure l is an elevation of sai'dpaperf'le; Figure 2 is averticallongitudinal section of the same as in use; and

Figures 3, 4, and 5, represent modifications in the manner of bending the wire to insure greater elasticity. Similar marks yof reference denote the same parts. A tile for papers has before been made, in which there is a piece of thin board, to which a bent wire is applied,

said wire beingltwisted near themiddle, to form a helical spring, and the ends of the wires are twisted aroundl the wire that crossesthe said piece of board; In this file-A by bending the wire, forming the rectangular clampingframe or frames, in such a manner that the torsional y spring-power of the wire acts from the two-angles of said rectangular frame,'to cause the said wire to press evenly and tightly ,upon the surface of the bundle of papers 4where said wire crosses them, and thus hold the said bundle of papers much more iirmly.I

In the'drawing, a represents the piece of thin board forming the body of the binder.

The rectangular wire clamping-frame is made of the one piece of' wire, ben't up to make the side portions 1 l, the cross or clamping-portion 2, and -the torsional spring-portions 3 3, rshown in iig. 1 by dotted lines.

rlhe'torsional spring-portion 3 is inserted in a hole or recess formed `in the board, or binder a. I have shown, in fig. 2, a groove for said spring', as covered by the veneer, or thin strip b.

I prefer that two of these rectangular wire frames be employed, as s een in iig. 1, the torsional spring-porv tions 3 extending across the file, but the s'arnev may be bent in double, as seen in fig. 3, or otherwise extended,

the power, in any case, of the spring, acting upon both arms, or side portions 1 l, to press the 'portion 2 against the bundleof papers in the file.

The torsional portions of the Wire can be extended twice across the binderfor tile, as in ligl4.

i I'I have shown and prefer to have sliding tubes, c,

upon the end portions of the spring clamping-arms l 1, said tubes being connected by the cross-piece d, and a limited endwise-sliding motion allowed to the said tubes c, so that the cross-piece cl can be slipped up beyond the end of any Vrecently-filed papel', thus facilitating both the insertion and withdrawal of papers from said iile.

In? place of having thetubes c, there may be eyes or loops bent up on the respective wires, so-,as to allow ofthe wire or bar cl being slidden up, as before mentioned.

The wire in the file, tlg. 5, is only applied to one end of the board. The action ofthe spring is the same as before; and I remark that the clamping-wires, formed as before described, may be applied toboth sides of the board, if desired.

What I claim, an'd desire to secure by Letters Pattent, is-

l. The rectangular wire clamp, formed in `substantially the manner set forth, so that the torsional springpressure shall act upon loot-h the side portions, or arms 1 1, substantially as specified.

2. The extension c and"crosspiece d, applied to the portions 1 1, as set forth, in combination with the body, or board a, of the paper-clamp, for the purposes and as set forth.

' Dated, this 27th day of January, A. D. 1869.

ANSON P. STEPHENS.

Witnesses OHAS. H. SMITH, GEO. T. PrNoizNEY. 

